Coulomb stress changes in Hesperia Planum, Mars, reveal regional thrust fault reactivation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Goudy, Cheryl L ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^a   Gregg, Tracy K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; STRESS FIELD;

HESPERIA; PATERA;

EID: 28444491455     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002293     Document Type: Article

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